Book of Kings (Shahnama)

Manuscript: 1028 AH/AD 1618-1619; Illustrations: 13th century AH/AD 19th century (Safavid)

16.5 cm 26 cm

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Walters manuscript W.601 is an illuminated and illustrated Safavid copy of the Shahnamah (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (died 411 or 416 AH/AD 1020-1025), dated 1028 AH/AD 1618-1619. The text, which is incomplete, begins with the preface (dibachah), composed on the order of Baysu...

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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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